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ew.com - 17 days ago

Movie Review: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

— ew.com — Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman | -- Movie Review: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

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slate.com - 15 days ago

Sorry, I didn't like Precious.

— slate.com — Harshing on Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Lionsgate Films), the awkwardly titled Lee Daniels adaptation of an "urban fiction" best-seller, makes a critic feel almost as mean-spirited as Mary, the monstrously abusive mother of the ... Sorry, I didn't like Precious.

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rollingstone.com - 15 days ago

Rolling Stone - Precious

— rollingstone.com — When I tell people how good this movie is — and I can't shut up about it — they flash me the stink eye. As in "Yeah, right, like I need to sink into a depression coma for two hours watching a fat, illiterate, HIV-positive Harlem girl get knocked up ... Rolling Stone - Precious

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In Contention:  THE LONG SHOT: Critical condition

:: The Playlist :::  In Theaters: 'A Christmas Carol,' 'The Box,' 'The Men Who Stare At Goats,' 'Precious'

Vulture:  Oscar Futures: Precious Arrives — With a Backlash?

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RT @metacritic: Precious (59 score) getting mixed reviews, surprising given the buzz. http://bit.ly/2pNllx Less surprising given the quality 18 days ago

Precious (59 Metascore with 6 reviews in) is getting mixed reviews - surprising given its buzz. http://bit.ly/2pNllx 18 days ago

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THE LONG SHOT: Critical condition
In Contention — ... the film deemed by some (yours truly included) to be the present Best Picture frontrunner, is currently sitting on a lowly Metacritic score of 57. Fitting neatly with the largely media-fabricated talk of a backlash against the film, some commenters are citing this rather arbitrary number as a debit against the film’s chances. ...

In Theaters: 'A Christmas Carol,' 'The Box,' 'The Men Who Stare At Goats,' 'Precious'
:: The Playlist :: — ... since then, although the deafening hype and self-aggrandizement of director Lee Daniels threatens to streamroll any good sentiments we have towards the picture. A more recent review we ran basically called it a counterfeit con job full of garish, overdone style . This one should be expanding nationwide fairly quickly, particularly as Oscar season grinds along its merry way. Rotten Tomatoes awards the film with an 86% fresh rating while Metacritic gives it a score of 67 . [image] A couple of years on from his Oscar nod for " Into the Wild ," ...

Oscar Futures: Precious Arrives — With a Backlash?
Vulture — ... UP: Precious. You've been hearing about it since January and it's finally here! Mostly great reviews affirm its strong hand this season. But ... ...